Fisher jokes about loss to Patriots

You gotta love Jeff Fisher’s dry sense of humor. The coach took a playful shot at himself and his defense during a Wednesday morning interview on the Dan Patrick Show.

Here’s what happened: Fisher was asked if he thought another loss at 0-6 would have cost him his job. Fisher said he has a great relationship with Titans owner Bud Adams and that, “he just needed to know what was happening.”

Fisher continued: “We had those first three games; we could have gone either way. Then we had three that didn’t go well – we had that moral victory at New England, keeping them under 60.” (the Patriots won 59-0).

Like me, Patrick needed a second or two for his brain to confirm what he heard, then he started laughing.

Other remarks by the former USC Trojan during the interview:

On whether he entertained going for the opening at USC when Pete Carroll left for the Seahawks: ”I was not contacted by them. I’m very, very happy here, as I’ve said time and time again.”

On whether he was insulted at not being contacted: “No, not at all. They had a plan. I think they were caught by surprise.”

On whether coaching in the NFL is any different now than the last time Pete Carroll coached in the league: “It’s different from the standpoint that (in college) Pete could sit down with his recruiting coordinator and he can identify the top 12 players in the country and you go out and get them all.”

On whether former Titans and USC offensive coordinator Norm Chow ends up on USC’s coaching staff: “There’s certainly interest because of the great job coach Chow did there during the Leinart, Reggie Bush years … I guess we’ll have to see.”

On what kind of job he thinks Lane Kiffin will do with the Trojans: “I think it really depends on what he does with his staff. It looks like he’s done a good job so far… If he can get back here in the recruiting race here quickly, he should do well.”

On whether there are more concerns with Tim Tebow entering the draft than there were facing Vince Young: “You’re going to have to ask me this about a month from now because I really haven’t had a chance to study him. I know he’s a winner. Vince was a winner. Tim did some tremendous things down there (at Florida). He’s one of those guys who’s committed to finding a way to do the best he possibly can, so he’ll probably be successful.”